Motion Pictures in the Public Domain: Eleanor Roosevelt

Below is a list of motion pictures featuring Eleanor Roosevelt that are housed within
the Audio/Visual Collections at the FDR Library and that are in the public domain. Click here to download the printable version.

The Visit of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, June 1939

National Youth Administration

17 mins. (400 ft), silent, color

Arrival at Union Station; procession up Pennsylvania Avenue; garden party at British
Embassy; reception at British Embassy for British residents; and at Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:70(2)

The Visit of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, June 1939

National Youth Administration

34 mins. (800 ft, 3 reels), silent, color, titles, 16mm

1. On the way to the British Embassy; Sir Ronald Lindsay; ladies of the press; returning
to the White House; Mt. Vernon and Washington's tomb.

2. Royal party arrives in New York and attends the World's Fair.

3. White House is well guarded; on way to British Embassy; repeats rest of reel 1.

From President Roosevelt's collection

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ER in Hawaii - August 1943

Source unknown

2 mins. (50 ft), silent, color, 16mm

ER with Adm. Nimitz and other Navy brass.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:105

Student Leadership Institute

Source unknown

23 mins. (550 ft), silent, b & w, 16mm

Film of Aug. 3, 1941 of Student Leadership Institute sponsored by International Student
Service held on Campobello island, NB, Canada. Featured with the students are Felix
Frankfurter; William A. Neilson, President-Emeritus of Smith College; Joseph P. Lash;
Eleanor, James and Sara D. Roosevelt.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:106,108

Training Women for War Production

National Youth Administration

Introduced and narrated by Eleanor Roosevelt

25 mins. (900 ft), sound, color, 16mm

Young women in wartime jobs. ER shown giving introduction.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:112

Campobello and Hyde Park

Victor Hammer home movies - 1953, 1955

46 1/2 mins. (2115 ft, 6 reels), silent, color, 16mm

Includes shots of ER at Campobello and Hyde Park including Val-Kill Cottage; John
Roosevelt, Sara D. Roosevelt II, and other Roosevelt grandchildren.

Donated by Victor Hammer

MP73-23:1-6

FDR and Roosevelt Family, 1944-1945

John Boettiger home movie

13 mins. (310 ft), silent, color/b & w, 16mm

FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt at Hyde Park, NY with Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill;
Edward, Duke of Windsor and Adm. William Leahy. Anna Roosevelt, John Boettiger, John
R. Boettiger, Curtis Roosevelt, Eleanor Seagraves on board boat, at Mercer Island,
Hyde Park and White House. Short scene of Fala playing on White House lawn.

ER speaking for the 2nd War Bond Drive she tells her famed "To Hell with Roosevelt"
story she heard during her 1943 tour to the Pacific Theatre Operations.

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Cairo and Teheran

Produced by US Signal Corps

8 mins. (819 ft), composite, b & w, 35mm

Sound track is read by FDR - he speaks on the strategic concepts of the Pacific war;
the choice of Eisenhower to lead the European invasion; postwar treatment of Germany;
relations with USSR and Stalin. Final caption: "This Film is Restricted."

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ER and Red Cross

4 mins. (142 ft), silent, b & w, 35mm

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ER and Red Cross

9 mins. (392 ft), composite, b & w, 35mm

ER in New Zealand. Tells story about "Rover lost her pup" - trying to visit Elliott
Roosevelt at base in England.